Tag: Courier/Express/Parcels

TNT sceptical it can find buyer for mail operations if it decides to exit Germany

Posted by | Feb 27, 2008 | |

TNT NV is sceptical it would find a buyer for its German mail operations if it decides to exit the business, chief executive Peter Bakker told Sueddeutsche Zeitung.

TNT is considering exiting the German mail business as its margins are under pressure by the introduction of minimum wages paid at incumbent Deutsche Post World Net AG.

PIN Group, a German group of regional mail companies, is currently looking for a buyer.

‘But the fact that a large number of its companies has filed for insolvency doesn’t leave me very optimistic’, Bakker said.

Bakker said TNT has raised hourly wages to 7.50 eur from around 7.30 eur previously, but can not afford to pay the mandatory 9.80 eur minimum wage.

TNT previously said it would have to write off some 80 mln eur, if it closes its German mail operations without finding a buyer.

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Gati Ltd. is new GLS partner in India

Posted by | Feb 27, 2008 | |

On April 1st, parcel exchange between GLS and Gati Limited will begin. The two companies signed a partner agreement on 25 February 2008

With its full-area coverage distribution network, only Gati Ltd. delivers to 594 out of 604 districts in India. The company has over 3,500 employees and operates with 2,000 business associates to provide these services. Freight and parcel shipments are as much a part of the portfolio as are warehousing and supply chain management solutions. In addition to road and rail-based transports, Gati operates closely with Air India to realise national air express deliveries. Ship transports are also available for freight and container transports in the Asia Pacific region. The company is listed on the Indian National Stock Exchange (NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE).

Parcels from India are distributed by GLS through the airfreight office in Frankfurt as well as the central hub in Neuenstein, Germany, to the hubs of its subsidiaries and partners in Europe. In India, shipments from the GLS system first arrive at the central distribution center in Delhi. From there, Gati sends them to their respective destination via 19 express distribution centers. This all serves to bring the seventh largest country in the world, covering an area of 3.2 million square kilometres, with its 1.1 billion inhabitants, a lot closer to European parcel consignors.

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Sagawa Express to develop and introduce a package delivery service with CO2 emissions credit with cooperation from Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Posted by | Feb 26, 2008 | |

Sagawa Express to develop and introduce a package delivery service with CO2 emissions credit with cooperation from Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation to contribute to 6% GHG emissions under the Kyoto Protocol.

We at Sagawa Express Co., Ltd. will develop and introduce a new service called “Hikyaku Express with CO2 Emissions Credit” with cooperation from Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation. This is the industry’s first attempt to contribute to the target of a 6% greenhouse gas emissions reduction that the Japanese government is required to achieve under the Kyoto Protocol, by taking advantage of door-to-door delivery services that have increasingly penetrated into the everyday life of the general public.

The Hikyaku Express with CO2 Emissions Credit is a service that enables voluntary donation of a carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions credit to the Japanese government by equally sharing part of the cost for purchasing the CO2 emissions credit between Sagawa Express and consumers who use our parcel delivery services when purchasing goods from mail-order businesses with whom we are in partnership.

Furthermore, Sagawa Express will launch a campaign to help stop global warming on April 1, 2008 for our individual customers who wish to contribute to the government’s 6% greenhouse gas reduction when using our parcel delivery service, in which a credit of emissions equivalent to that necessary for transporting each package will be donated automatically by ordering the collection and delivery of a package through our website.

Sagawa Express will offer the Hikyaku Express with CO2 Emissions Credit service by purchasing a CO2 emissions credit (10,000 tons from a wind power project in India) through Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation under a greenhouse gas reduction project approved by the UN.

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DHL opens new logistics center in Estonia

Posted by | Feb 26, 2008 | |

Today marks the opening of DHL Estonia’s new logistics center on Betooni Street for the processing of goods transported over land. The new center, much larger than the existing one, will provide complex logistics services ranging from handling and loading goods to third-party logistics and cross-docking.

Kärt says the new logistics center will allow them to process large quantities of goods more efficiently: while only 9 loading bridges were available in the previous terminal, the new center boasts 32. This will improve the time it takes to process goods and reduce supply times.

The first stage of the logistics center comprises a 3000 sqm terminal and a 4000 sqm warehouse. Potential future expansion of the terminal and warehouse space has been taken into account, with the center’s 30,000 sqm of territory presenting plenty of opportunities. Investment in the construction of the center exceeded 100 million kroons.

The grand opening of the center took place at 3.00 pm 26.02 and was attended by almost 300 DHL Freight clients, partners and investors and the center’s builders. Giving the opening speech will be DHL Freght Managing Director, UK/IE, Nordics, CEE & EMA Wolfgang W. Dölger.

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TNT Express merges Dutch and Belgian businesses

Posted by | Feb 26, 2008 | |

TNT Express is merging its subsidiaries in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg into a new unit, TNT Express Benelux, to grow its business and improve service levels.

The main aims of the merger are to generate strategic and innovation advantages and create customer benefits through improved service and easier coordination with harmonized systems and processes, TNT Express said in a statement.

TNT Express Benelux will be headed by Rob van den Helder as managing director. Other senior managers include Silvio Mestdagh (Director Sales and Marketing Benelux), Bas Janssen (Director Operations & Services Benelux) and Wim Schalk (Finance & ICS Benelux). Michel Timmermans will be regional manager for the Netherlands and Karl Moeremans will be in charge of Belgium & Luxembourg.

TNT Express Benelux, with 2,100 employees, will have one head office at two locations: one in Houten (Netherlands) and one in Brussels (Belgium). TNT Express Netherlands, with nearly 1,500 staff, was the larger of the two businesses being merged.

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